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单词 milquetoast
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Definition of milquetoast in English:

milquetoast

nounˈmɪlktəʊstˈmɪlktoʊst
North American
  • A person who is timid or submissive.

    as modifier a frail, milquetoast character
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Enter Ray Rhodes, a highly regarded defensive troubleshooter with a knack for resurrecting Milquetoast units.
    • Alarms ring when Garvin speaks of applying to the Olympic Village design standards like those that produced the Milquetoast, nothing-ventured buildings at Battery Park City.
    • Charlie is the self-effacing, Milquetoast dude who allows people to walk all over him.

Origin

1930s: from the name of a cartoon character, Caspar Milquetoast, created by H. T. Webster in 1924.

 
 

Definition of milquetoast in US English:

milquetoast

nounˈmilktōstˈmɪlktoʊst
North American informal
  • A timid or feeble person.

    Jennings plays him as something of a milquetoast
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Charlie is the self-effacing, Milquetoast dude who allows people to walk all over him.
    • Alarms ring when Garvin speaks of applying to the Olympic Village design standards like those that produced the Milquetoast, nothing-ventured buildings at Battery Park City.
    • Enter Ray Rhodes, a highly regarded defensive troubleshooter with a knack for resurrecting Milquetoast units.
adjectiveˈmilktōstˈmɪlktoʊst
North American informal
  • Feeble, insipid, or bland.

    a soppy, milquetoast composer
    he ran a milquetoast campaign
    some think he is boring and milquetoast but I like his professionalism

Origin

1930s: from the name of a cartoon character, Caspar Milquetoast, created by H. T. Webster in 1924.

 
 
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